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My birthday is aproaching fast and i am looking to upgrade my 10 to a 29. Right now i have 3 goldfish (holding them while a friend fixes his tank, a red finned shark, and a spotted looking plecostomous thing. i was wondering what that is moderatly simple to keep. can i keep more than one red finn? what about catfish. Any feedback is good feed back

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Hi there,
in a 29g tank, you can certainly keep your
red fin shark. No you cannot have 2, they will
kill each other.
Catfish of small kinds (3 inches or less),
like Corys are a good option for this size tank.
Keep in a group of 6.
Not sure what kind of Pleco you have,
but if its a common pleco, you should return it to
the pet store, they reach 18-24 inches.
Browse through www.planetcatfish.com
to find what kind of pleco it is.

A good stocking for a 29g tank would look something like this:
1 Red Fin Shark
6 Cory Catfish
8 Cardinal tetras
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thatd be fully stocked, even slightly overstocked,
but with 1x weekly water change of 35% would be doable.


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alright, i looked it up and it looks to be a rubber nosed pleco, but they charged me for a regular pleco. Which party (if any) got the sharp end of the stick? But in the tank at the store they hade at least 12 red finned sharks in the same tank. Thanks

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Hi there,
Ok a rubbernose pleco is cool.
They usually average out at around 4-5 inches.

You probably got a good deal on the price.

The sharks are kept together in the store because
they will only be in the store temporarily.

This way of being kept in crowded tanks with each other can negatively influence their behaviour by making these fish much more aggressive.
I had one that came out of a crowded tank like that, and had to return it to the pet store because it was trying to kill my other fish (all of them).
I later purchased one from a pet store where the sharks were kept in individual tanks, and have had no issues with aggression since.

You should never keep these fish together, except in large numbers in very large tanks (100 gallons +), and even then they can still kill each other.
These fish are highly aggressive towards conspecifics.
(meaning you cant keep a red fin with other redfins, red tail black sharks, flying foxes, etc).


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Alrighty then. thankyou much

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Welcome to FP

Also to keep in mind is hopefully the goldfish are indeed a temporary guest as they are a coldwater fish, while the rest are tropical.

Enjoy your stay here !

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